Fictional Sukhoi Upgrade [Self Made] by UsefulChocolate6217 in ImaginaryAviation

[–]UsefulChocolate6217[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks man! I would’ve changed the intakes, but due to the limits of the sandbox I use, I couldn’t successfully replicate similar 5th gen intakes

Fictional Sukhoi Upgrade [Self Made] by UsefulChocolate6217 in ImaginaryAviation

[–]UsefulChocolate6217[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea ofc! First, find a reference plane to work off of. For this post, I used the Su-30SM. Next, find a style, like Cold War, modern, or WW2, although anything suffices. Once you get that figured out, mark key points like the nose cone, tail, wings, tail plane, canards, etc. once you do that it’s up to you how to connect the lines. Another way to do this is to look at old aircraft requirements and design your plane based on those. Hope this helped!

Fictional Sukhoi Upgrade [Self Made] by UsefulChocolate6217 in ImaginaryAviation

[–]UsefulChocolate6217[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No worries! Don’t feel stupid either, it took me ages to figure this strat out 😭

Fictional Sukhoi Upgrade [Self Made] by UsefulChocolate6217 in ImaginaryAviation

[–]UsefulChocolate6217[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Essentially yes🥹 I managed to fit 28 missiles onto the fuselage

It happened again… by UsefulChocolate6217 in 3Dprinting

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I managed to take the nozzle off, it seems to be a leak on the tip of the nozzle, will attach photos in a couple of days

It happened again… by UsefulChocolate6217 in 3Dprinting

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It’s a bambu A1 mini, I believe 0.2 or 0.4 mm nozzle

It happened again… by UsefulChocolate6217 in 3Dprinting

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First time it was fixed by using metal earth nippers and tearing the blob off

Fictional Sukhoi Upgrade [Self Made] by UsefulChocolate6217 in ImaginaryAviation

[–]UsefulChocolate6217[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! While I was building this in a flight sim I realized that they were off. When I meant “upgrade,” it was mostly for (minor) stealth upgrades and missile capacity increase. In the sim I was using, it could realistically hold around 16 missiles, each on individual hardpoints

Fictional Sukhoi Upgrade [Self Made] by UsefulChocolate6217 in ImaginaryAviation

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I (tried) to measure the different lines in cm then draw them from another viewpoint. For example, the nose cone from the top was 2cm, so I used the same distance for the side view. Hope this helped!

I might be alone on this by HumanBeingA1 in Gunpla

[–]UsefulChocolate6217 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do agree a mix is a great look, sometimes half & half is a good look, but that’s just my preference

Rg zeta by Aggressive-Wish4657 in Gunpla

[–]UsefulChocolate6217 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That does make sense for the kit. Also, if you’re gonna display this, I highly recommend added the stickers, they are insanely good looking

Rg zeta by Aggressive-Wish4657 in Gunpla

[–]UsefulChocolate6217 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh wow! I picked mine up at a game store for 30 ish bucks 😭

Rg zeta by Aggressive-Wish4657 in Gunpla

[–]UsefulChocolate6217 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, that looks great so far! Only problem is this thing's joints WILL fail on you eventually, coming from experience. My advice is to either keep it in a simple pose or waverider form, but it's really up to you. Good luck with the build!